Geburtsdatum | Dienstag, 08. Februar 1955 |
Geburtsort | Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S. |
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Beschreibung | John Ray Grisham Jr. (/ˈɡrɪʃəm/; geboren am 8. Februar 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas) ist ein amerikanischer Romanautor, Rechtsanwalt und ehemaliges Mitglied des 7. Nach Angaben der American Academy of Achievement hat Grisham 28 aufeinanderfolgende Nummer-eins-Bestseller geschrieben, und seine Bücher wurden weltweit 300 Millionen Mal verkauft. Zusammen mit Tom Clancy und J. K. Rowling ist Grisham einer von nur drei Autoren, die zwei Millionen Exemplare der Erstauflage verkauft haben. |
I've had nine of my books adapted to film, and almost all were enjoyable. I've been very lucky with Hollywood, and look forward to more movies being adapted. But I don't get involved in that process. I know nothing about making movies and I stay away from it and hope for the best.
Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a famous author in a country where no one reads.
I can't change overnight into a serious literary author. You can't compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius. I am not.
Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers - the guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff.
Every morning I wake at 6am or 6.30am, champing at the bit.
